W. Russ Smith, CPCU, formerly vice president – claims for USAA, has been named the new president and chief executive officer of Arbitration Forums, Inc. (AF), effective March 3, 2008. Smith succeeds D. Kay Smith, who served as AF’s president …
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has mobilized additional claims personnel to the areas impacted by the recent tornadoes in Tennessee. As of Wednesday Farmers has received more than 100 claims in Tennessee. The Farmers Mobile Catastrophe Claims Center Bus is …
A Pendleton Heights High School senior is believed to be the state’s youngest licensed insurance agent. Heather Gaskill, who turned 18 in December, is licensed to sell life, car or homeowner’s insurance. She may offer quotes to customers and write …
Tennessee experienced at least two waves of severe weather Tuesday that ranged from high-winds and hail to deadly tornadoes. As of 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is reporting 31 confirmed fatalities related to the storm activity. Those …
Zainab Chaudhry held onto her father’s tax documents for years after his death, for fear the sensitive information they contained about her family might get into the wrong hands. On Tuesday, she finally got a chance to destroy the piles …
Tenn. Gov. Phil Bredesen received detailed briefings from Tennessee Emergency Management Agency officials in the wake of deadly tornadoes that struck Tennessee on Tuesday. The storms have resulted in 31 fatalities, 150 injuries and widespread damage in seven counties across …
A former top executive for General Reinsurance Corp. e-mailed billionaire investor Warren Buffett in 2000 about a reinsurance transaction with American International Group Inc. that triggered a criminal trial, a government postal inspector testified. The testimony emerged in the second …
Marsh has appointed David Barr as a Managing Consultant in its UK Environmental Practice. He joins Marsh’s London office from Willis, where he headed up its UK Environmental Team. The bulletin described Barr as a “qualified geologist and hydrogeologist,” with …
Lloyd’s announced that Lord Peter Levene has been re-appointed as Chairman of Lloyd’s. Ewen Gilmour and Graham White were re-appointed as Deputy Chairmen of Lloyd’s and Bill Knight was re-appointed as Deputy Chairman of Council. Nick Marsh was elected as …
France’s AXA Group announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire its Turkish partner OYAK’s fifty percent share in AXA OYAK Holding A.S., a company they established jointly in 1999. AXA said it will pay a purchase price …
